To
honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass media, City Newspaper will run weekly lists of
American/”Coalition” soldiers and Iraqi citizens killed during the ongoing
occupation of Iraq.
The totals:
715
American soldiers, 104 “Coalition” soldiers, and approximately 9,000 Iraqi
soldiers and 10,750 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since the
beginning of the occupation to April 26.
American
soldiers killed from April 20-26:
Petty
Officer First Class Michael Pernaselli; 27; Rochester, New York | Private First
Class Shawn C. Edwards; 20; Bensenville, Illinois | Sergeant Elmer C. Krause;
40; Greensboro, North Carolina | Staff Sergeant Edward W. Carmen; 27;
McKeesport, Pennsylvania | Sergeant First Class Bradley C. Fox; 34; Orlando,
Florida | Specialist Christopher D. Gelineau; 23; Portland, Maine | Private
First Class Leroy Harris-Kelly; 20; Azusa, California | Captain Richard J.
Gannon; 31; Escondido, California | Sergeant Jonathan N. Hartman; 27;
Jacksonville, Florida | Lance Corporal Michael J. Smith, Jr.; 21; Jefferson,
Ohio | Lance Corporal Ruben Valdez, Jr.; 21; San Diego, Texas | Lance Corporal
Gary F. VanLeuven; 20; Klamath Falls, Oregon | Staff Sergeant Jimmy J.
Arroyave; 30; Woodland, California | Specialist Marvin A. Camposiles; 25;
Austell, Georgia | First Lieutenant Robert L. Henderson II; 33; Alvaton,
Kentucky | Private First Class Clayton W. Henson; 20; Stanton, Texas |
Specialist Michael A. McGlothin; 21; Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Specialist Dennis
B. Morgan; 22; Valentine, Nebraska | Sergeant Brian M. Wood; 21; Torrance,
California
Sources: US
Department of Defense, www.lunaville.org, Project on Defense Alternatives, The
New York Times, www.iraqbodycount.net
—
Jennifer Weiss
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2004.
